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Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report
The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back...
ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
WIRED asked an active military officer to break down immigration enforcement actions in Minneapolis and elsewhere...
Zero-Click Flaw Exposes Potentially Millions of Popular Storage Devices to Attack
A vulnerability categorized as “critical” in a photo app installed by default on Synology network-attached storage devices could give attackers the ability to steal data and worse...
He Was an FBI Informant—and Inspired a Generation of Violent Extremists
Joshua Caleb Sutter infiltrated far-right extremist organizations as a confidential FBI informant, all while promoting hateful ideologies that influenced some of the internet's most violent groups...
Secrecy Concerns Mount Over Spy Powers Targeting US Data Centers
A coalition of digital rights groups is demanding the US declassify records that would clarify just how expansive a major surveillance program really is...
Police Arrest Teen Said to Be Linked to Hundreds of Swatting Attacks
A California teenager who allegedly used the handle Torswats to carry out a nationwide swatting campaign is being extradited to Florida to face felony charges, WIRED has learned...
Sandworm Hackers Caused Another Blackout in Ukraine—During a Missile Strike
Russia's most notorious military hackers successfully sabotaged Ukraine's power grid for the third time last year. And in this case, the blackout coincided with a physical attack...
The Twisted Eye in the Sky Over Buenos Aires
A scandal unfolding in Argentina shows the dangers of implementing facial recognition—even with laws and limits in place...
Hacktivism Is Back and Messier Than Ever
Throughout 2022, geopolitics has given rise to a new wave of politically motivated attacks with an undercurrent of state-sponsored meddling...
Millions of WordPress Sites Got a Forced Update for a Serious Bug
The mandatory patch addressed a critical vulnerability in a widely used plugin that allowed untrusted visitors to download a website's backups...
A Devastating Twitch Hack Sends Streamers Reeling
The data breach apparently includes source code, gamer payouts, and more...
Feds Arrest an Alleged $336M Bitcoin-Laundering Kingpin
The alleged administrator of Bitcoin Fog kept the dark web service running for 10 years before the IRS caught up with him...
A Bird-Feed Seller Beat a Chess Master. Then It Got Ugly
Twitch and YouTube chess star Levy Rozman has faced over a week of sustained harassment after calling out an alleged cheater...
Clubhouse's Security and Privacy Lag Behind Its Huge Growth
The platform has promised to do better after a string of incidents. But the hardest part might be managing user expectations...
A Trippy Visualization Charts the Internet's Growth
In 2003, Barrett Lyon created a map of the internet. In 2021, he did it again—and showed just how quickly it's expanded...
The Zodiac Killer's Cipher Is Finally Cracked After 51 Years
Amateur and professional cryptographers, including those at the FBI, had been trying to decode the infamous serial killer's message to the media for decades...
This Bluetooth Attack Can Steal a Tesla Model X in Minutes
The company is rolling out a patch for the vulnerabilities, which allowed one researcher to break into a car in 90 seconds and drive away...
The GOP Keeps Proving There's No Election Fraud
Through numerous legal and other challenges, the Trump campaign and its allies have consistently undermined their argument...
One Clear Message From Voters This Election? More Privacy
Ballot measures were approved in California to restrict commercial use of user data and in Michigan to require warrants for searches of electronic information...
A Deepfake Porn Bot Is Being Used to Abuse Thousands of Women
An AI tool that “removes” items of clothing from photos has targeted more than 100,000 women, some of whom appear to be under the age of 18...
A Trickbot Assault Shows US Military Hackers' Growing Reach
Despite the operation's short-term effects, it sets new precedents for the scope of Cyber Command's mission...
A Ransomware Attack Has Struck a Major US Hospital Chain
“All computers are completely shut down,” one Universal Health Services employee told WIRED...
CryptoHarlem’s Founder Warns Against ‘Digital Stop and Frisk'
On Day 2 of WIRED’s virtual conference, hacker Matt Mitchell cautions that law enforcement routinely trawls social media to surveil protestors...
A Bluetooth Flaw Leaves Billions of Devices Vulnerable
Indictments against Iranian hackers, a Veterans Affairs data breach, and more of the week's top security news...
Julian Assange Lays Out His Case Against US Extradition
The argument hinges in part on psychiatrists’ testimony that Assange is a high suicide risk...
Chinese Hackers Have Pillaged Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry
A campaign called Operation Skeleton Key has stolen source code, software development kits, chip designs, and more...
How the US Can Prevent the Next 'Cyber 9/11'
In an interview with WIRED, former national intelligence official Sue Gordon discusses Russian election interference and other digital threats to democracy...
Hackers Are Building an Army of Cheap Satellite Trackers
NyanSat is an open source ground station that lets you listen in on low-orbit transmissions for about $100 worth of gear...
The Pentagon’s Hand-Me-Downs Helped Militarize Police. Here’s How
Over several decades, the 1033 program has shipped over $7.4 billion of Defense Department property to more than 8,000 law enforcement agencies...
The Covid-19 Pandemic Reveals Ransomware's Long Game
Hackers laid the groundwork months ago for attacks. Now they're flipping the switch...
The Defense Production Act Won’t Fix America’s N95 Face Mask Shortage
The Trump administration put off using the DPA for weeks. Now it may be too late to help secure N95 masks where they're needed most...
Google Removes Adware-Laced Kids' Apps From Play Store
After over a million downloads, the Tekya-infected Android offerings are finally on ice...
High-Stakes Security Setups Are Making Remote Work Impossible
Staffers at power grids, intelligence agencies, and more often don’t have the option to work from home, even in light of Covid-19...
The Internet Avoided a Minor Disaster Last Week
A tiny backend bug at Let’s Encrypt almost broke millions of websites. A five-day scramble ensured it didn’t...
North Korea Is Recycling Mac Malware. That's Not the Worst Part
Lazarus Group hackers have long plagued the internet—using at least one tool they picked up just by looking around online...
The US Blames Russia's GRU for Sweeping Cyberattacks in Georgia
By calling out Russia for digital assaults on its neighboring country, the US hopes to head off similar efforts at home...
Hundreds of Chrome Extensions Secretly Uploaded Private Data
A researcher discovered that hundreds of extensions in the Web Store were part of a long-running malvertising and ad-fraud scheme...
Signal Is Finally Bringing Its Secure Messaging to the Masses
The encryption app is putting a $50 million infusion from WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton to good use, building out features to help it go mainstream...
This Identity Activist Wants to Make Facebook Obsolete
Your digital self is fragmented and owned by third parties. Kaliya Young has a plan to change that—and make tech fairer for all...
Jeff Bezos’ Hacked Phone, Coronavirus Hits the US, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less...
How to Watch Donald Trump’s Impeachment Trial
The Senate gets set to debate the rules for Trump’s trial today. Tomorrow, the opening arguments begin...
The Pentagon's AI Chief Prepares for Battle
Lt. Gen. Jack Shanahan doesn't want killer robots—but he does want artificial intelligence to occupy a central role in warfighting...
How Iran's Government Shut Off the Internet
After years of centralizing internet control, Iran pulled the plug on connectivity for nearly all of its citizens...
Scammers Are Exploiting a Firefox Bug to Freeze Your Browser
Fraudulent tech-support sites are causing the browser to lock up and display a disturbing message. Force quitting is the only way out...
After 6 Years in Exile, Edward Snowden Explains Himself
In a new memoir and interview, the world’s most famous whistle-blower elucidates as never before why he stood up to mass surveillance—and his love for an internet that no longer exists...
GoDaddy Takes Down 15,000 Spammy 'Snake Oil' Subdomains
You know those ads hawking bogus brain pills? Security researchers just helped take out a bunch of the spammers behind them...
We’re all Just Starting to Realize the Power of Personal Data
This year revealed consumers have a lot more to learn about what happens to their information online...
Privacy Law Showdown Between Congress and Tech Looms in 2019
Lawmakers spend the better part of 2018 talking tough to tech companies. Now the pressure is on for Congress to act...
How the Kavanaugh Information War Mirrors Real Warzones
Opinion: From using open source intelligence to spreading false reports to brazenly rewriting history, social media warriors on both sides of the controversy are taking a page from Russia...
A WannaCry Flaw Could Help Some Victims Get Files Back
A French researcher says he's found a tool that could help some fraction of victims running that older Windows version. Just don't reboot! The post A WannaCry Flaw Could Help Some Victims Get Files Back appeared first on WIRED...